Calendar



Sept. 11, 1928.

A. E. WELSH CALENDAR Filed Sept. 29, 1927 ,0 Wm: f 3 W m .6 a; H I l l l5. alll n wll\lllilllli|llllll J J .L 2 G Wwfifi'. my arm, K E w a 3/ Wa T Patented Sept. 11, 1928.

UNITED [STATES ALBERT E. WELSH, OF LEWISTON, IDAHO.

CALENDAR.

Application filed September 29, 1927. Serial No. 222,817.

of a plurality of leaves assembled in book form and each, having oneface marked to indicate the date and its other page provided with anadvertislng legend or the like so that when the book is open and thepages successively moved to disclose the proper datethere will always bedisclosed two pages, one having the date marked thereon and the otherdisclosing advertising matter.

Another object of the invention is to provide improved means forretaining the book of datesheets open at the proper place.

Another object of the invention is to providev an improved type of framefor the calendar including channels in which strips having month and daymarkings thereon are movably mountedand disclosed. through openingsformed in a facing sheet mounted upon the frame and carrying the datepad.

Another object of the invention is to permit the month and day strips tobe wound upon rollers disposed transversely in the channels of the frameand cause them to be unwound by the action of weights carried by thestrips when the rollers are rotated in the proper direction. 1 F

Another object of the invention is to yleldably prevent the rollers frombeing rotated in an unwinding direction. v

The invention is illustrated in the. accompanying drawing, whereinFigure 1 is a View showing the improved calendar in front elevation;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the calendar;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section View through the calendar taken ontheline 33 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a .view of a date pador book of the type intended for use in areal estate ofiice, and i Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective viewshowing one of the spring pa-wls constituting part of the invention.

The frame forming part ofthe calendar is preferably formed of wood andincludes inner and outer longitudinally extending strips 1. and 2 havingtheir upper ends suitably secured to transversely extending end strips 3and 4. Corner braces 5 are provided to strengthen the frame and hold itin proper shape, bar 6 which extends between the inner side strips tobracetheframe intermediate its depth. 'This frame carries a facing sheet7 which is preferably formed of cardboard, although shcet metal, leatheror anv other suitable composition may be employed.

v The date pad which is indicated in general by the ninneral 8 consistsof a suitable numberof leaves held together "in book form by paperfasteners orthe likef) which are passed through the leaves at the centerof the book and through the facing sheet with their end portionsclinched against therear face of the facing sheet, as shown in Figs. 1and 2. By referring to Fig. 1, it will be seen that each sheet hasanumeral 10 printed thereon to indicate the day of a month and may alsohave an advertising slogan 11 printed'thereon.

Upon theother face of each sheet may be printed an advertising slogan,as shown at 12, or if the calendar is for use by a real estate firm orthe like, a picture 13 of a house may be secured to the second-mentionedface of each sheet of the date book by stickers 14:. These stickers Mare disposed at the corners of the picture and are formed with tongues15 which overlap the outer face of the picture and with a diagonallyextending strip 16 beneath which the extreme corner portions of thepicture are passed. The under faces There has also been provided a crossof the stickers are gummed so that they will firmly adhere to the leavesofthe date book. If desired, the pages of the book may containillustrations of a manufacturing plant and appropriate descriptivematter or advertising slogans intended to induce purchases from thecompany distributing the calendars. ClipslTare carried by the facingsheet 7 above and below the date hook to engage the leaves in order toretain the book open with a desired date exposed to view and prevent thepages from becoming curled or torn by wind. Each of the clips is formedfrom' a strand of resilient. wire bentto provide a cross bar having a1iftinglip'18 intermediate its length channels and side arms .19 havingeyes at their ends through which are passed securing bolts 20. The bolts20 pass through the facingsheet and through end portions of metal strips21 which serve to reinforce the facing sheet and prevent danger of thebolts being worked through the facing sheet ifv formed of paper or thelike. A sheet 22 having the name of the bank or other business houseusing t-he calendar is pasted or otherwise secured against the upperportion of the outer face of the facing sheet.

The" moiitli and day of the week are inclicated by strips 23 which aredisposed in channels defined by the inner and outer strips arid-2 of theframe and have the names of the months printed upon them, as shown at 24and 25 in Fig; 1, which are viewed through sight openings 26 and 27formed in the facing sheet and communicating with the 7 These strips 23are wound upon rollers 28" and each roller is provided with a pin oraxle 29 journaled in the strips 1 and 2 and havi-n'g one end portionprojecting outwardly and carrying a turning head 30. The peripheral edgeface of the turning head is serrated so that it may be easily grasped inorder'to' rotate the roller and also in order to provide ratchet teethengaged by apawl 31 which serves to yielclably resist turning of thehead. By referring to Fig. 5, it will be seen that each pawl consists ofa strand of resilient wire folded back upon itself and having its endstwisted together and bent about a securing screw 31". A guide strip 32which may be formed of cardboard or sheet metal extends across eachchannelopposite the sight opening communicating therewith and isprovided with end flanges 33 secured against the side strips 1- and 2.By an inspection of Figs. 2 and 3, it will be seen that the strip 23 ispas's'edbetween the guide strip 32 and facing sheet and, therefore,will. be held close to the opening so that the name of the month or daymay be easily read through the opening. It should also be noted thateach strip 23 carries a weight 34 at its lower free end so that" whenthe roller is rotated in an unwinding direct-ion the weight will movethe strip dowi'iwardly through the channel until the strip is unwoundaindthe weight rests upon the bottom of the channel. The weight willalso serve to hold the strip taut and prevent it from winding unevenlyupon the roller. A guide strip 35 which is curved transversely, as shownin Fig. 3 extends between the strips 1 and in shielding relation to theroller and prevents the cover sheet or backing sheet 36 carried by thestrips 1 and 2 from bearing against the roller and preventingit fromrotating easily.

lVhen the calenda'ris use, a sheet 22 bearing the name of the bank, realestate office or other business house is applied to the upper portion ofthe outer face of the facing sheet and the calendar may be suspendedfrom a nail or other suitable support by means of the hanger 37 or maybe supported in an upright position inany other desired manner. Thestrips 23 are adjusted to display the name of the month and day of theweek tliniough the openings 26 and 27 and the book of date leaves isopened to display the sheet bearing the numeral indicating the properday of the month, Each day one of the date leaves is released from thelower clip 17 and moved upwardly into engagement with the upper clip andthe roller carrying the strip having the names of the days printedthereon rotated to move the strip upwardly and display the proper daythrough the opening 26. Of course, at the firstof each month the rollercarrying the strip having the names of the months printedthereon must berotated to draw its strip upwardly and display the proper month throughthe opening 27. It will thi i's be seen that the calendar is of theeverlasting type and may be used fronr one year to another. At any timedesired the book of date sheets may be removed'by releasing the paperfasteners and a: newone substituted In order to unwind the strips 2 23it is merely iiecessarytoflex the pawls 31 out of engagementwith theratchet wheels-'30 and the weights will move downwardlyuntil they restupon the bottoms of the channels.

This will of course, cause the strips to be unwound from their rollers.v

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

l. A calendar comprising a frame includin-g strips defining a verticallyextending channel havingside walls and upper and lower end walls, afacing sheet carried by said frame and having an opening communicatingwith said channel, a roller extending transversely in said channel andhaving a stem journaled in the side walls and projecting from one sideof the frame, a turning head carried by said stemya pawl carriedby saidframe and engaglng' said head to yle'ldably resist turning of saidroller, a ribbon wound upon said roller a'nd having characters. thereondisplayed through the opening in said facing, a weight for the free endof said ribbon, and a guide for said ribbon extending behind the same inthe channel inv crossed relation to saidopeningz.

2. A calendar comprising afram'e having vertically extending strips andcross strips connecting the vertical strips and together with the sameforming vertically extending channels, a facing for said frame havingopenings com'nmnicating with saidcha'niiels, rollers extendingtransversely in said channels above said openings, stems for saidrollers projecting from the sides ofv said frame, a turning head carriedby the proected portion of each stern, ribbons wound upon said rollersand movable lon itudinally in the channels across the openings and haV-tion of the rollers in a direction to unwind the ing charactersdisclosed through the openribbons, shields for said rollers carried bythe ing, guide strips extending across said rib- Vertical strips of saidframe, Within the chan- 10 bons opposite the openings to retain theribnels, and a backing sheet carried by said bons close to said sheet, aweight carried by frame. 7 a I the free end of each ribbon, meansengaging In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. said turning headsto yieldably resist rota- ALBERT E. l/VELSH. [L. s.]

